tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post6183550164020964726..comments2014-12-30T11:11:57.792+00:00Comments on Blogtor Who: REVIEW: The Complete Sixth Series boxsetCameron McEwannoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-53105482390663479232011-12-04T10:27:53.860+00:002011-12-04T10:27:53.860+00:00The separate sets only include the Monster Files. ...The separate sets only include the Monster Files. If it&#39;s for a gift, I would ask for the Complete Box set.<br /><br />Hope this helps.Cameron McEwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901099890643285873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-90552709694746531032011-12-04T08:54:34.738+00:002011-12-04T08:54:34.738+00:00Longtime fan, rare commenter. Thanks Cameron for t...Longtime fan, rare commenter. Thanks Cameron for the review, just wanted to ask around for some advice.<br /><br />Were the extras on the separate Part 1 &amp; Part 2 sets better than this complete set? I&#39;m looking into it to suggest to a relative what to get me for Christmas, but I&#39;d like to get the most value for (their) money, in terms of extras.<br /><br />Should I get the separate sets, or the complete one?Ncc Tardishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325393924266169169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-21024047054251075922011-11-29T11:15:41.270+00:002011-11-29T11:15:41.270+00:00Every &quot;complete series&quot; box set has feat...Every &quot;complete series&quot; box set has featured a video diary.Cameron McEwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901099890643285873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-36332452955060143752011-11-29T11:01:33.374+00:002011-11-29T11:01:33.374+00:00Were video diaries from the cast present? Always e...Were video diaries from the cast present? Always enjoyed watching those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-10455986552612816612011-11-28T13:37:36.347+00:002011-11-28T13:37:36.347+00:00Thanks for the review. I was trying to decide if I...Thanks for the review. I was trying to decide if I wanted to get just Part 2 to go with my Part 1, or if I wanted to spring for the whole set. But from what it sounds like the Night Episodes are the only thing worth watching along with the Christmas episode, so I&#39;ll save myself some money. Hooray?Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-67013194466360643942011-11-24T06:32:56.181+00:002011-11-24T06:32:56.181+00:00Yeah I was hoping that &quot;Death Is The Only Ans...Yeah I was hoping that &quot;Death Is The Only Answer&quot; would be there too. Either way I got my Blu-Ray set at Best Buy today for $36.99, as they were stickered at the wrong price. I&#39;m not complaining for that price.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-32898179466588301742011-11-24T01:40:12.247+00:002011-11-24T01:40:12.247+00:00I got the blu-ray set this week - am loving it but...I got the blu-ray set this week - am loving it but had two small gripes I had to share - both stemming from using a *very* shortened Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown for Episode 13.<br /><br />Because of this, we are missing both 1. The Timeline of River Song - this has special narration, recorded by Alex Kingston in character as River Song and 2. Death is the Only Answer.<br /><br />Neither of these use songs/soundtracks from popular artists - both are newly filmed (or compiled) footage only. I wish they would have been included in the Cutdown. Maybe the River Song timeline was left off because of footage featuring David Tennant from Series 4? Hard to say but disappointed nonetheless. <br /><br />Guess I have to add them to the list of missing footage w/Attack of the Graaske.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-89672872990728176172011-11-23T20:51:27.665+00:002011-11-23T20:51:27.665+00:00Never going to spend £40 on something that is on t...Never going to spend £40 on something that is on television constantly. I think I&#39;ll buy Part 2 on DVD for £15.99 because I loved them all. Part 1 wasn&#39;t that good so I have no desire to own those episodes especially The Ganger ones.Vogel Nervahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04815346382943052954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-87052315052872550802011-11-21T22:53:15.854+00:002011-11-21T22:53:15.854+00:00Personally, I am dissapointed by the lack of extra...Personally, I am dissapointed by the lack of extra features. The whole thing felt jumbled together to me, as if no care was taken with it. I feel like getting the collecors edition, I should get something else for my extra money.<br />I was particularly dissapointed with the commentaries. Especially as in previous box sets every episode has had one (or 2 if you got the podcast) with some being in vision. Also, the fact that they are watching unfinished episodes doesn&#39;t seem right either. It just feels like the whole thing has been rushed to get out for Christmas.<br />I could say more on techie stuff to do with the DVDs, but it&#39;s not really that interesting... (does anybody else have a glitch on the DVD menus?)<br />On the positive side, the Night and the Doctor mini-eps are FAB. I really loved them, and the included Monster Files arne&#39;t too bad, more extended than previous versions with bits from Confidential in as well. Also (as ever) Neil Gaiman and his brilliant commentary.joedeanehttp://twitter.com/joedeanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-1628295406601494192011-11-21T19:09:32.908+00:002011-11-21T19:09:32.908+00:00Even where I&#39;ve not agreed with your reviews, ...Even where I&#39;ve not agreed with your reviews, I appreciate that they have generally been balanced. This one, not so much.<br /><br />What does it matter if the Christmas episode is listed as an extra? It&#39;s still there.<br /><br />The Cut Down Confidentials have never bothered me, as I don&#39;t find much re-watch value in the full length show. How many times do we need to see a time lapse sequence of an actor having prosthetics applied? Probably why I&#39;m not bothered about the show being axed ...<br /><br />My copy didn&#39;t show up today, but presumably the mini episodes are on the discs which pertain to the segment of the overall story arc that they fall into. If so, that seems a perfectly legitimate way to sequence them. If you want to watch them in one go, how much effort is it to change a DVD?Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-86245777858918910442011-11-21T17:34:41.264+00:002011-11-21T17:34:41.264+00:00Hmmmm...it&#39;s disappointing about the commentar...Hmmmm...it&#39;s disappointing about the commentary&#39;s but I think your review is a bit over the top. As is noted derooftrouser, the cost of buying the two vanilla series 6 releases is not actually that much less than buying this box set and surely the extras features that ARE here are worth the small extras costs? Especially when you have orignal material in the form of the &quot;night and the doctor&quot; scenes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-8690954252940210242011-11-21T15:32:36.964+00:002011-11-21T15:32:36.964+00:00I think when it comes to a TV box set, the point i...I think when it comes to a TV box set, the point isn&#39;t just to give the episodes and a few scattered extras. The point (usually of the price being so high on these sets...here in Canada they are damned near $100) is that the extras are normally worth the extra cost. <br /><br />When a set basically assembles me the episodes in order, and a few extras (I truly get pissed about the Confidential &quot;cutdowns&quot; instead of full eps) and then charge me an arm and a leg for it, that gets my dander up as much as Cameron&#39;s about it. I can watch my PVR&#39;ed eps anytime and find most of the stuff included on these on the net in some form. The entire point of dropping the coin to own it properly like this is that someone hopefully put some thought into the set to give me the the BEST comprehensive set of the year in DW that I could have. All the proper bells and whistles accounted for...otherwise don&#39;t charge me so much for it!<br /><br />That said, I&#39;ll buy it for the Gaiman commentary, and that fact that I held off from the half series discs...but I&#39;ll be damned if I don&#39;t agree with Cameron about the set if that is all there is to it.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374362891687088611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-64650963219011607802011-11-21T15:13:28.989+00:002011-11-21T15:13:28.989+00:00Shoddy… offensive… &quot;people” … care not a jot…...<i>Shoddy… offensive… &quot;people” … care not a jot… Amateur hour… no value whatsoever…</i><br /><br />Dearie me, fan-entitlement is embarrassing in full flow. It’s perfectly possible to express disappointment with the extras without the histrionics.<br /><br />Although, the complete BluRay is about £4 more than the two separate parts at the moment. Aren’t the extras worth that? The difference for the DVDs is… 50p.derooftrouserhttp://derooftrouser.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-59817150427627407032011-11-21T13:36:00.811+00:002011-11-21T13:36:00.811+00:00Not gonna lie - I wasn&#39;t exactly rushing out t...Not gonna lie - I wasn&#39;t exactly rushing out to grab these off the shelves to begin with, but that&#39;s more the show quality more than anything else.<br /><br />Feels like the BBC has upended the budget for this show, it&#39;s like all the money&#39;s being spent in the oddest of places - like they&#39;re just not managing their money as creatively as former regimes could. Who knows.<br /><br />And, I used to could justify the double the amount of normal boxsets that BBC charges for half the number of episodes by their inclusion of reeeeeeally good extras. But, you won&#39;t see me buying this set any time soon, even as my OCD demands that I complete my DW series.joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329104162799729674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-39841349574985620682011-11-21T13:17:39.052+00:002011-11-21T13:17:39.052+00:00This makes me glad I was impatient and bought the ...This makes me glad I was impatient and bought the Part 1&amp;2 boxsets instead.<br /><br />Still, it&#39;s very disappointing for all the girls (and boys) who waited.P.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16833905863288822890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-69193388524105564402011-11-21T13:09:00.578+00:002011-11-21T13:09:00.578+00:00Obviously disappointing, but I&#39;d buy it for Ne...Obviously disappointing, but I&#39;d buy it for Neil Gaiman&#39;s commentary alone! His voice is as engaging as his writing...Aaron Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624319603223557893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272431515083873489.post-35863037719744503452011-11-21T12:57:22.551+00:002011-11-21T12:57:22.551+00:00Not surprising the extras are that bad as they hav...Not surprising the extras are that bad as they have been that way ever since the complete sets have come out. So i&#39;m not shocked at your review but some what i expect when my set comes in cause it&#39;s been like that since the Series One set came out.DR5WHOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348565933842386769noreply@blogger.com